Finally! Technology We Have Been Waiting For
Current cutting-edge technology involves the field of “augmented reality”. The computer-generated world is superimposed over the real world. It is the combination of “virtual reality” (VR) with the everyday world we live in. The applications of augmented reality are only limited by our imaginations. One example of this advanced technology is the projection of a phone keyboard onto your hand. You could punch the buttons to dial a number, but it would all be VR! Soon, we may be able to drive our cars simply using hand gestures and voice applications! Indeed, one popular search engine giant is using augmented virtual reality to allow the user to “open” their email simply by using hand gestures.
Of course video games are becoming increasingly more interactive, such as the recent 3D craze. Now our TV’s, videos, and movies are in 3D, which makes them more realistic. The more of the five senses that can be linked to the virtual world, the more difficult it becomes to distinguish between illusions and reality. Maybe we all live in a programmed matrix, and don’t even know it? Perhaps in the future the virtual world will be more entertaining and desirable than the real world? Time will tell.